"I think about it all the time, believe me," Jackson told Sports Illustrated's Peter King on Sunday night. "No question in my mind we wanted it to happen, and no question I thought it could happen. We wanted the kid in the worst way."

"Coach Jackson told me before the draft they were going to do everything they could to try to get me," Kaepernick told King. "I thought there was a good chance they'd pick me. I never heard anything from the 49ers before the draft after I worked out for them (at Nevada). I just figured they weren't interested."

Kaepernick's father, Rick, told King he'd heard that late Raiders owner Al Davis threw a glass across the room when the 49ers' pick was announced.

Schein: Indispensable offensive stars

Certain NFL players are simply irreplaceable.
Adam Schein identifies nine such studs on the offensive side of the ball.
More ...

"I don't know that he threw anything,'' Jackson said. "But he was upset. So was I. Scouting him, I fell in love with the kid. Leader, won a ton of games at Nevada, really impressive when you talked to him, strong, all the tools to win in the NFL. No doubt in my mind he was going to be good."

Of course, going to a team with a stout defense, good rushing attack and coach Jim Harbaugh as opposed to a helter-skelter organization with a dearth of talent might have had a little bit to do with Kaepernick's early accomplishments.